Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel are tied for the most goals against empty nets this season, with 7 goals.

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most empty net goals by a player NHL 25-26

	NAME	ENG	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	7	2025-26	TBL	70	42	83	125	+46	48	7	29	1	0	7	1	218	19.3	0	2	0.0	35	27	18	115	20:18
2	Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	7	2025-26	TBL	69	35	38	73	+33	56	5	7	1	0	6	0	205	17.1	25	62	40.3	42	38	35	72	19:46
3	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	6	2025-26	COL	74	51	71	122	+57	35	11	18	0	0	7	1	327	15.6	642	1,256	51.1	60	34	23	152	22:14
4	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	6	2025-26	EDM	77	43	83	126	+15	38	11	37	1	1	4	1	285	15.1	411	847	48.5	39	29	28	129	22:59
5	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	6	2025-26	WSH	77	31	30	61	-4	26	5	13	0	0	5	0	224	13.8	2	3	66.7	126	15	9	57	17:29
6	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	6	2025-26	NSH	76	38	22	60	-18	54	12	11	0	0	10	3	184	20.7	283	502	56.4	85	32	22	64	17:43
7	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	6	2025-26	MIN	74	40	44	84	+12	28	16	13	0	0	6	4	255	15.7	0	2	0.0	49	26	19	107	22:12
8	Aliaksei Protas A. Protas	6	2025-26	WSH	71	24	25	49	+18	20	0	1	2	1	5	0	151	15.9	22	52	42.3	32	39	25	82	18:18
9	Jordan Eberle J. Eberle	5	2025-26	SEA	73	24	28	52	+3	28	4	12	0	0	3	0	158	15.2	11	29	37.9	53	41	22	50	18:34
10	Tom Wilson T. Wilson	5	2025-26	WSH	67	29	28	57	+13	117	7	4	1	0	3	0	144	20.1	17	38	44.7	171	49	16	81	19:35
11	Matt Boldy M. Boldy	5	2025-26	MIN	72	40	39	79	+17	28	11	16	4	0	3	1	241	16.6	54	116	46.6	58	55	34	81	20:41
12	Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	5	2025-26	BUF	77	11	26	37	+9	76	0	1	0	0	3	0	86	12.8	195	444	43.9	185	38	20	52	13:40
13	Seth Jarvis S. Jarvis	5	2025-26	CAR	68	32	34	66	+7	23	5	16	4	2	7	2	218	14.7	31	76	40.8	80	26	40	56	18:56
14	Dawson Mercer D. Mercer	5	2025-26	NJD	76	18	21	39	+1	33	4	3	2	0	1	0	146	12.3	114	292	39.0	31	46	23	65	18:11
15	Matthew Knies M. Knies	5	2025-26	TOR	74	23	41	64	-22	29	6	10	1	0	2	0	135	17.0	1	6	16.7	146	30	25	66	18:51
16	Bobby McMann B. McMann	5	2025-26	TOT	71	27	17	44	-2	32	4	2	0	0	3	0	158	17.1	6	11	54.5	154	26	18	37	15:46
17	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	4	2025-26	CGY	76	16	25	41	+11	16	1	2	1	4	3	0	174	9.2	671	1,344	49.9	23	27	28	77	17:59
18	Alex DeBrincat A. DeBrincat	4	2025-26	DET	76	39	41	80	+7	17	14	8	0	0	6	2	270	14.4	18	47	38.3	34	37	39	79	18:30
19	Travis Konecny T. Konecny	4	2025-26	PHI	72	27	39	66	+12	59	2	12	1	1	2	0	162	16.7	19	51	37.3	99	37	16	96	19:15
20	Dylan Larkin D. Larkin	4	2025-26	DET	69	30	28	58	+4	48	12	9	0	0	8	4	213	14.1	730	1,394	52.4	42	33	17	63	20:13
21	Jared McCann J. McCann	4	2025-26	SEA	48	18	19	37	-6	11	6	6	0	0	2	1	106	17.0	12	23	52.2	39	25	13	52	16:34
22	Jake Evans J. Evans	4	2025-26	MTL	62	11	11	22	-5	16	0	0	2	0	2	1	69	15.9	436	784	55.6	82	46	15	46	15:28
23	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	4	2025-26	EDM	57	31	20	51	+12	28	10	4	0	0	2	1	158	19.6	0	1	0.0	53	18	8	26	20:01
24	Clayton Keller C. Keller	4	2025-26	UTA	76	25	53	78	+22	30	2	21	0	0	5	3	215	11.6	12	33	36.4	8	30	25	95	19:01
25	Owen Tippett O. Tippett	4	2025-26	PHI	76	28	22	50	-7	30	3	4	3	0	2	0	212	13.2	9	28	32.1	153	49	26	86	16:53

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Team Leaders

42

Kucherov

83

Kucherov

+/-

+46

Kucherov

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.59

2nd

GA/GP

2.75

3rd

PP%

21.7

14th

PK%

82.3

4th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	48	22	6	102	66
Canadiens	45	21	10	100	30
Sabres	46	23	8	100	35
Bruins	43	26	8	94	20
Red Wings	40	28	8	88	-8
Senators	39	27	10	88	17
Maple Leafs	32	31	14	78	-33
Panthers	37	36	3	77	-29

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 4/6	TBL	@	BUF	7:00 PM
Tue 4/7	TBL	@	OTT	7:00 PM
Thu 4/9	TBL	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Sat 4/11	TBL	@	BOS	12:30 PM
Mon 4/13	DET	@	TBL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Bruins

43 - 26 - 8

Final

Lightning

48 - 22 - 6

Sat 4 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

51

MacKinnon

49

Caufield

43

McDavid

Assists Leaders

83

McDavid

83

Kucherov

71

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

126

McDavid

125

Kucherov

122

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

380

Trenin

304

Sherwood

281

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

183

Dobson

183

McCabe

171

Fehervary

Wins Leaders

37

Vasilevskiy

35

Vejmelka

31

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.13

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.34

DeSmith

Save Percentage Leaders

.918

Wedgewood

.913

Wallstedt

.913

Cooley

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.76

3.59

3.53

Goals Against Rankings

2.49

2.69

2.75

Power Play Rankings

29.7

28.9

25.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

83.8

83.6

82.3

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

49-27

49-28

46-29

46-31

44-31

Worst Record ATS

26-50

28-48

29-47

30-47

30-46

31-46

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - x	50	15	10	110	92
Stars - x	45	20	12	102	47
Wild - x	43	21	12	98	32
Mammoth	40	30	6	86	30
Predators	36	31	9	81	-22
Jets	33	31	12	78	-17
Blues	32	31	12	76	-34
Blackhawks - e	28	35	14	70	-53
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	39	29	9	87	8
Ducks	41	31	5	87	-14
Golden Knights	35	26	16	86	7
Kings	31	26	19	81	-26
Sharks	36	32	7	79	-36
Kraken	32	32	11	75	-27
Flames	32	36	8	72	-44
Canucks - e	22	46	8	52	-94

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning - x	48	22	6	102	66
Canadiens	45	21	10	100	30
Sabres - x	46	23	8	100	35
Bruins	43	26	8	94	20
Senators	39	27	10	88	17
Red Wings	40	28	8	88	-8
Maple Leafs - e	32	31	14	78	-33
Panthers - e	37	36	3	77	-29
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - x	49	21	6	104	50
Penguins	39	22	16	94	27
Islanders	42	31	5	89	-3
Flyers	38	26	12	88	-4
Blue Jackets	38	27	12	88	3
Capitals	39	29	9	87	15
Devils	39	34	3	81	-19
Rangers - e	32	36	9	73	-16